| Location: | Caldwell, Crittenden County, Kentucky, United States, North America |
| Lat / long: | 37.1834, -88.00002 |
| dep_id: | 10069395 |
| mrds_id: | W006907 |
| Commodity type: | metallic and nonmetallic |
| Major mineral: | Fluorine-Fluorite, Zinc, Lead, Barium-Barite |
| Operation type: | Unknown |
| Production size: | Production occurred |
| Development status: | Producer |
| ore: | Barite, Fluorite, Galena, Sphalerite |
| gangue: | Calcite |
| orebody_fm: | LINEAR |
| work_type: | Surface/Underground |
| conc_proc: | Weathering Of Veins Formed Enriched Gravel Spar Deposits |
| ore_ctrl: | Tabb Fault System - An Arcuate Set Of Normal Faults Which Strike N 60 Deg W In The East But Curve To An East - West Strike In The Vicinity Of Mexico, Ky. Displacement In The Senator - Schwenck (East Tabb) Area Is 64 To 137 M. Along The Main Fault. Numerous Cross Faults Are Also Mineralized. |
| Reporter: | Schruben, Paul G. |
| hrock_unit: | Chesterian And Valmeyeran L.S., Shale, S.S |
| hrock_type: | Shale,Limestone |
| arock_unit: | Mafic Dikes, Sills And Breccias |
| arock_type: | Mafic Intrusive Rock,Plutonic Rock |
| Structure: | New Madrid Fault Zone, 38th Parallel Lineament. |
| Year first produced: | 1903 |
| References: |
- Deposit:: KLEPSER, H.J., 1954, FLUORSPAR DEPOSITS IN WESTERN KENTUCKY, PART 3, SENATOR-SCHWENCK AREA, TABB FAULT SYSTEM, CALDWELL COUNTY: USGS BULL. 1012F, P. 115-127.
- Deposit:: TRACE, R.D., 1974, ILLINOIS - KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT, IN - A SYMPOSIUM ON THE GEOLOGY OF FLUORSPAR: KY. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY SPECIAL PUB. 22 P. 58-76
- Deposit:: WELLER, S. AND SUTTON, A.H., 1951, GEOLOGIC MAP OF WESTERN KENTUCKY FLUORSPAR DISTRICT: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-2.
- Deposit:: 1921 GEOLMAP WELLER, S.
- Deposit:: 1928 GEOLMAP SUTTON, A.H.
- Deposit:: 1967 GEOLMAP ROGERS, W. B., HAYS, W. H.
- Production:: KLEPSER, H.J., 1954, USGS BULL. 1012F, P. 115-127.
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